Citywest & Saggart

Community National School

First Class Room 7: Around Ms Doyle in 80 minutes!

First Class were so lucky to have Ms Doyle visit us last week and tell us all about India. We used a KWL chart to find out about India. We interviewed a parent from our school community, a pupil from Junior Infants and Ms. Doyle. Ms Doyle is Dylan’s aunt! Ms Doyle went all around the world in 80 days and she spent a lot of her time in India. India was her favourite country! Ms Doyle helped us to find out the answers to our questions we had about India and she also brought it lots of interesting artefacts from India. She helped us break any stereotypes we may have had about India and even showed us all how to wear a sari. Ms Doyle told us that both women and men wear saris. Men wear saris in the dessert to help protect their eyes from the sand. Ms Doyle had the most interesting photos from her travels. We learned about some charities that Ms Doyle worked tirelessly with. We thank Ms Doyle for her community efforts at home and spending time with us. First class really enjoyed having Ms Doyle as their teacher for the visit. Ms Doyle used to work as a teacher in England! For photos of Ms Doyle’s visit please click...

First Class Room 7: Report Writing and Giraffes!

In anticipation of our visit to Dublin Zoo this Thursday, first class have written reports on giraffes. A report in first class follows a very simple structure. It always starts with “This is a report about ____”. After this introduction, we usually put in three or four facts about what the report is about. Please read our report about the tallest land animal on earth,...

First Class Room 7: Thanks to Granddad Tony!

Many thanks to Granddad Tony for spending time with Room 7. The children used KWL charts to find out about Tony’s life. Tony brought in lots of photos of himself when he was younger. Have a look at the two photos below. One is of Tony with his favourite toy, a Jeep with a trailer. The other is a sample KWL chart from one of the first class children....

First Class Room 7: Predicting

We have reached the second last chapter of our class novel ‘Trouble for Tuffy’. Mum’s very best necklace has gone missing and we are predicting where we think the necklace is. Below is a list of places where the children in room 7 think that the necklace is: flowerbed dog kennel sandpit sitting room Please see some pictures of our predictions drawn on whiteboards...